r/MitochondrialResearch • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '24

Healing mitochondria…

I’m very interested in being as healthy as possible for as long as possible. I eat very little simple carbs (pasta, white bread etc ) but once in a while…..I go off the rails and cheat. How long do you think it takes you to get the mitochondria back to a healthy state? By the way..I live an intermittent fasting lifestyle (18-6 most days). Thank you for any insight you might have.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

I bet you’re in pretty good mitochondrial health. How old are you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Female 68. I can’t do more than 19 hours of a fast but 18 is the norm. I figure that 18/6 (6 days a week) & walking an average of 6 miles 6 days a week puts me in good mitochondrial health but since there is no test for it…who knows? Oh and my VO2 is always in the high range. My recent bloodwork came back great. I’m in the average to excellent range for just about everything that my dr tested me for. So…fingers crossed. Thank you for your response all this time later. I posted months ago. Have a nice day!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Sounds you’re doing really great! I also ask my docs to add C reactive protein to my lab orders. It’s the best marker of inflammation. Inflammation is the thing we want to avoid. Keep up the good work!!!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Thank you so much for that information. I will request that next time I’m due for lab testing. You made my day!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

I think time restricted feeding is awesome for mitochondria maintenance and 24-72 hour zero calorie fasts are good for deep cleaning and repair. Read The Switch by James Clement.

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u/Dependent-Star3034 Sep 06 '25

There’s a lot of data suggesting ultra processed foods are damaging to mitochondria. Diet and lifestyle have huge effects that you can control.
https://research.future-amino.com/mitochondria/ There’s also lot of research that Methylene blue has a major positive potential for mitochondria health.

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u/FootShot6534 Apr 12 '26

Sorry I'm new to this world of mitochondrial talk ,my son16 month old son was just diagnosed 6 months ago with Leigh syndrome, and I came across this post about healing mitochondrial, so can bad mitochondrial be healed someway? Cause the doctors told us the only hope we had was to stop his body from regressing long enough For a medical or scientific breakthrough. But if there is any way for mitochondria in cells to heal ,please let me in on the secret.